Astronomy Ireland had indicated last week that a Northern Lights sighting might be possible. Indeed, there were reports from across the Emerald Isle of the Aurora Borealis during the early morning hours on Monday.

“We had reports from Waterford, Cork, Kerry, the west coast and Donegal and I photographed them here in Dublin,” David Moore of Astronomy Ireland told the Irish Times.

“The earth’s magnetic field turned southwards for a 24-hour period, sucking all the radiation from a solar storm into the north and south poles.”

Photographer Tyler Collins captured this spectacular time-lapse of the lights over Derry: